Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of being behind the recent attack on the Jaffar Express passenger train by Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militants in Bolan district earlier this week. Pakistani authorities claim that the attackers were in “direct contact” with their handlers in Afghanistan throughout the incident.

Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said that intercepted communications confirmed the attackers’ links to Afghanistan.

“Terrorists were in direct communication with Afghanistan-based planners throughout the incident. The terrorists have safe havens in Afghanistan, and Pakistan has repeatedly urged the Afghan interim government to prevent groups like the BLA from using its soil for terrorism,” Khan stated.

“We urge Afghanistan to hold the perpetrators, organizers, and financiers of this attack accountable and to cooperate with Pakistan to bring all those involved — including the real sponsors of terrorism — to justice,” Khan was quoted as saying by Express Tribune.

However, the Afghan Taliban government rejected Pakistan’s accusations, calling them “baseless.”

“We categorically reject the baseless allegations by the Pakistani army spokesperson linking the attack on a passenger train in Balochistan province with Afghanistan. We urge the Pakistani side to focus on its security and resolving internal problems instead of making such irresponsible statements,” Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi posted on X.

Meanwhile, India also dismissed Pakistan’s suggestion that New Delhi was involved in unrest in Balochistan.

“We strongly reject the baseless allegations made by Pakistan. The whole world knows where the epicenter of global terrorism lies. Pakistan should look inwards instead of pointing fingers and shifting the blame for its own internal problems and failures onto others,” said Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.